The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-02
Natural Gas for Ipdianauolis


Natural Gas for Indianapolis.
Yesterdays News INDUCED gratuitous re-
mark to the effect that the Journal vas in the in
tcrest, at least in sympathy with the Standard
Oil Company in connection with the introduction
of natural gas into this city. Some very cheap
and ready correspondents of the News, and
some imaginary editorials in newspapers and
other papers. have heretofore given out intima-
tons of that sort Now that the News has again
made such an insinuation, the Journal simply
says that it has not now and never has had any
interest in the Standard Oil Company, any
other company seeking the exclusive right to in
troduce natural gas into the city. The proprie-
tors of the Jouanal have pecuniary interests in
home companies, but in the Standard Oil,
and the News editor and writer either knew that
his insinuation was falsely made. or he could
have found it out inquiry at the Journal of
fee. The Journal, and it's proprietors and it's
patrons about the city interested in improv-
ing the city of Indianapolis, aud in aiding
every enterprise that will help it.
The Journal propretors not only have
interest in the Standard Oil Company, but
they have pecuniary interest in companies that
may and possibly will be in competition with
the Standard Oil Company in the matter of
furnishing natural gas to this city. But the
other local OF personal interests. The Journal
wants natural gas introduced into the city, and
wants it introduced at the very earliest day pos
sible. If Indianapolis is grow it wants every
edge to cut in the contest with other places, and
natural gas now, this year, would do more to
help the city than half dozen advocates
of local industries and private speculations
will do. The News says the Indianapolis
Natural-gas Company intends and will do great
things. The Journal has antagonism to the
In dianapolis Natural-eas Company and earnest
ly hopes that it will introduce gas this winter.
and if it chooses to come in under the present
ordinance and will furnish all the the peo-
pie want and at the prices named in the ordi-
nance, the Journal promises, now and hereafter
to advocate their having the exclusive right to
pipe natural-gas into the city. But the Journal
takes the opportunity to suggest to the company
that it get more discreet advocates than the
writer of the article in yesterdays News The
natural-gas ordinance is more than a month old
practically it is sixty days old-and yet, accord
ing to the News writer, this company desiring the
right to introduce gas, having practically sixty
days notice and legally more than thirty days,
practically an exclusive option. makes the fol-
lowing showing, according to the News
1.-THE Indianapolis company now has three pro-
ducing wells but the supply from these three is
not sufficient to supply pipeline to this city.
They scattered from mile to four
miles apart. and it would require fifty and more
of similar capacity to meet the demand in a
pipeline should be laid to the city. The
pany is drilling within three miles of No
tesStorS north and east of
but far it has not been successful,
owing to the exorbitant demands of the owners
of lands on which 1t was proposed to sink wells"
If with ell this time this company has but
A. 49,
how long may it take to get start toward
piping the city? The Journal knows most of the
gentlemen connected with the Indianapolis COM
pany, and indorses them honest, earn
est men, gentlemen of ample wealth, and
ability to bring gas into the city when they get
it, and as gentlemen having interest in the
city beyond the money invested in this company.
Yet the Journal ventures to say that it has
made inquiry of some of these gentlemen,
and they have said they would GER
tainly bring gas into the city. They have ex-
pressly told the Journal they would not under
take bring in gas until they got it, and got it
in sufficient quantity to justify their expanding
the money necessary to accomplish the result in
a satisfactory to the public and profitable
to themselves. The Journal is the friend of In
dianapois-it prints the news. it advocates every
public enterprise promising good results to the
city and is for the prosperity of everybody The
Journal also prints communications likely to
bring about good results, expressions of opin-
ions of writers when respectful and not abusive |
and is a medium through which the people of !
the city and State may interchange their opin- |
ions and arrive at results for the good of all.
THE Journal is requested to state that to |
insure receiving copy of the journal of pro-
ceedings of the session OF the National Eduea- |
tional Association, lately neld at Chicago, mem
bers and teachers should send their present ad- |
dress at once to James H. Canfeld Secy. N, E.
A.. at Lawrence, Kan.
TOURISTS in the old world tell of their delight
on catching glimpse of the stars and stripes
but their pleasure cannot compare with the IN
tensity of Joy that would overwhelm the citizens
OF Indianapolis at a sight of the longlost cold
wave flag.
THERE are. writes a Boston Traveller CORE
spondent at Washington. two very curiousook-
ing objects hanging in the house of Mrs. William
Mckee Dunn. which have a rather peculiar his